# US 9,750,586 B2 · Attachable toothbrush'S posture or movement tracking device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,750,586 B2 - Document ID: US9750586B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/396,049 - Filed: 2014-07-07 - Published: 2015-12-10 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-09 - Assignees: Xiusolution Co., Ltd. - Applicants: XiuSolution Co., Ltd - Inventors: Jin-Sang Hwang; Tae-Ho Yoon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9750586B2 ## CPC - A61C 17/221: {Control arrangements therefor} - A46B 13/02: power-driven {carriers} - A46B 15/0002: {Arrangements for enhancing monitoring or controlling the brushing process} - A46B 15/0006: {with a controlling brush technique device, e.g. stroke movement measuring device} - A46B 15/004: {with an acoustic signalling means, e.g. noise} - G01N 29/4436: {with a reference signal (amplitude comparison G01N29/48)} - G01N 29/48: by amplitude comparison - G01P 15/18: in two or more dimensions - A46B 2200/1066: Toothbrush for cleaning the teeth or dentures (A61C17/16 takes precedence; bristles arrangements for toothbrushes A46B9/04) - G01N 2291/02827: Elastic parameters, strength or force - A61C: DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE (non-driven toothbrushes A46B; {tongue scrapers A61B17/24;} preparations for dentistry A61K6/00; preparations for cleaning the teeth or mouth A61K8/00, A61Q11/00) - A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G) - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - G01P: MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION, OR SHOCK; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT (measuring or recording blood flow A61B5/02, A61B8/06; monitoring speed or deceleration of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00; vehicle lighting systems adapted to indicate speed B60Q1/54; determining position or course in navigation, measuring ground distance in geodesy or surveying G01C; combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement G01C23/00; measuring velocity of sound G01H; measuring velocity of light G01J7/00; measuring direction or velocity of solid objects by reception or emission of radiowaves or other waves and based on propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, direction of propagation, G01S; measuring speed of nuclear radiation G01T; measuring acceleration of gravity G01V; {measuring or recording the speed of trains B61L23/00; speed indicators incorporated in motor vehicles B60K35/00; measuring frequency or phase G01R; traffic control G08G}) ## Abstract An attachable apparatus for tracking posture or movement includes a housing having an accommodation space; a sensor in the accommodating space to sense a moving object's posture or movement; a sensing circuitry in the accommodating space to process sensing signals; and a fastening member for detaching the housing from the moving object. Wherein the fastening member includes an object insertion groove that guides the sensor to be matched with the moving object according to a predetermined direction, a fastening member comprised of elastic material allowing detachment from variety of different size moving objects, and a housing coupling member to combine moveable object with the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An attachable apparatus, comprising: a housing having an accommodation space; an inner cover to form the accommodating space by covering a portion of the housing; a sensor disposed in the accommodating space and configured to sense at least one of posture or movement of a housing and generate a sensing signal; a circuitry disposed in the accommodating space and configured to process the sensing signal; a power switch coupled to the circuitry; a flexible member covering the power switch to waterproof the power switch; and an elastic fastening member including a first portion coupled with the housing and a second end portion coupled with a manual toothbrush handle, wherein the second portion of the elastic fastening member having a toothbrush insertion groove configured to insert a portion of the manual toothbrush handle, and wherein the housing has a hollow cylindrical body and a housing fastening portion of the a first portion of the elastic fastening member is configured to be coupled with the hollow cylindrical body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the elastic fastening member is detachable from various types of the manual toothbrush handle via the toothbrush insertion groove. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a marker for guiding the toothbrush to the predetermined direction when the toothbrush is coupled with the apparatus. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the marker is at least one of a printed symbol, a letter, a label and graphic on a surface of the housing or a displaying lamp projecting the marker outward from the accommodating space. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the sensor includes a three-axis sensor, and wherein the circuitry includes a circuitry element processes the sensing signal, a wireless transmitter transmits the information and a power supply element configured to supply a electric power to at least one of the three-axis sensor and the wireless transmitter. ### Claim 6 An attachable apparatus, comprising: a housing having an accommodation space; a sensor disposed in the accommodating space and configured to sense at least one of posture or movement of a toothbrush and generate a sensing signal; a circuitry disposed in the accommodating space and configured to process the sensing signal; and an elastic fastening member including one portion coupled with the housing and the other portion coupled with a toothbrush handle, wherein the other portion of the elastic fastening member having a toothbrush insertion groove configured to insert a portion of the toothbrush handle, wherein the sensor includes a three-axis sensor includes a circuitry element senses at least one of toothbrush's posture and movement information to the sensed signal, and wherein the circuitry element detects a load state of the toothbrush in response to at least one of oscillation frequency and amplitude change of the sensed signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the circuitry element includes a microphone accommodated in the housing for picking up a vibration noise generated from the toothbrush, and a controller for detecting a load state of the toothbrush in response to at least one of a frequency and an amplitude of the vibration noise from the microphone. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the wireless transmitter configured to communicate with an external device and the external device stores the detected information received through the wireless transmitter and generates a feedback signal according to at least one of a position and a movement of the toothbrush. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the external device is at least one of a wireless phone, a wireless tablet, a wireless laptop, and a personal computer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the external device configured to detect a vibration noise generated from the toothbrush attached to the housing through a microphone, and wherein the circuitry element including a controller generates a feedback signal according to the load state in response to the frequency of the noise signal picked up by the microphone. ### Claim 11 An attachable apparatus, comprising: a housing having an accommodation space; a sensor disposed in the accommodating space to sense at least one of a toothbrush's posture and movement; and a sensing circuitry disposed in the accommodating space to process sensing signals of the sensor, wherein the sensing circuitry detects a load state of the toothbrush in response to at least one of a vibration frequency and an amplitude of the sensed signals, and wherein the sensor includes a three-axis acceleration sensor, and wherein the sensing circuitry includes a circuitry part converting a sensor signal to at least one of toothbrush's posture and movement information, a wireless transmitter transmits the information, and a battery supplies a power to the three-axis acceleration sensor and the wireless transmitter. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The attachable apparatus of claim 11, further comprising: a microphone configured to detect a vibration noise generated by the toothbrush; a posture or movement tracker configured to process the sensed signal from the sensor; and a movement tracking circuitry configured to determine a no load or load state based on at least one of a vibration frequency and an amplitude change through the microphone. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising a marker for guiding the toothbrush to the predetermined direction when the toothbrush is coupled with the apparatus. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising: an elastic fastening member including one portion coupled with the housing and the other portion coupled with a handle of the toothbrush; and a marker for guiding the toothbrush to the predetermined direction when the toothbrush is coupled with the apparatus. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the elastic fastening member detachable from various types of the toothbrush handle, and further comprises a housing coupling member to combine moveable object with the housing.